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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gimpy once give Charlie after trying to teach him to make rolls?

2. Where does Charlie spend most of his time once he reaches the peak of his intellectual abilities?

3. How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden?

4. Where is the conference for the International Psychological Association being held?

5. What is Charlie's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie say that intelligence without affection will lead to when he is at the cocktail party with Nemur?

2. What does Charlie say about the failure of this experiment done on him?

3. What causes Charlie to get upset with Burt during one of their sessions together?

4. Why did Charlie allow himself to soil himself when he was younger?

5. What is Alice really upset about when she sees Charlie at the college where she teaches retarded adults?

6. What happens when Charlie goes to see his father in the barbershop?

7. What is Professor Nemur most upset about when Charlie returns to the lab after living in his own apartment?

8. Why did Norma's father refuse to let her have the dog she was promised if she did well on her history test?

9. What does Professor Nemur say at the conference in Chicago that upsets Charlie?

10. What prank do the guys at the bakery try to play on Charlie on April Fool's Day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dreams are a very important and symbolic part of this story-line. What are some of these dreams, and why are they so significant to the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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